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It’s ok – you can turn your radios on again now

Are you bored of turning on the radio  in MK to be greeted by a wall of cheese spun out by Z-list celebrities in a studio the other side  of the country? Us too. However, we may not have to tolerate this pain for much longer. A group of radio pros have got together to come up with a new station that's set to serve up something a little less cheese-infested on our airwaves. Starting with a month-long trial starting this Saturday, MKFM is a locally-produced and run station that's…
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28th June 2011
FeatureMusic

Our raving plan for the Agora

Ikea should turn Wolverton's crumbling Agora into a raving hub. Hear us out. You know it makes sense. As much as we love having well-made Swedish furniture and cheap hot dogs on our doorsteps, we can never forgive Ikea for what it did to the dance music scene in Milton Keynes. In 2004 the arrival of the Swedish shopping centre spelled the end for world- famous clubbing  epicentre the Sanctuary, as Ikea raised it to the ground to make way for smug middle class mums on their Saturday morning shopping trips.…
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24th June 2011
Activities

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a gang of scary girls on roller skates

Imagine this - you're trying to take a quick nap in a public place, and you suddenly wake up to see you're being leapfrogged by a bunch of rowdy women with wheels strapped to their legs. You'd probably have the same look on your face as Beatcheck's Stef when this exact thing happened to him. But these aren't just any crazy girls on skates. This is Milton Keynes' very own Roller Derby team. What? You don't know what Roller Derby is? Where have you been? This slightly mad new sport…
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21st June 2011
Activities

The top five reasons to love Folk on the Green

This Sunday sees everyone's favourite daytime booze-up overtake Stony Stratford. We run down the five top reasons why you should be excited about Folk on the Green. 1. The music The bands might not be world class, but there's nothing better than seeing your mates cringe as they see their beer'd up dads on stage powering out Status Quo-esque middle of the road cheese rock on their guitars after seven pints of cider. Get amongst some of that parent rock action. That's what we say. 2.The Chavs Well it wouldn't…
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9th June 2011
Art

Sick ink in the concrete city

Here's a glimpse of some of the sick ink that's set to bring a bit of colour to our residents' skin at the city's first tattoo convention: The people putting on the first MK Tattoo convention have gone balls out with the attractions. Not only have we been promised some of the best tattoo artists from around the world including those featured in this gallery, there will also be three floors of art galleries, extreme sports, custom-made bikes, graffiti artists, break dancers and live bands. There will also be a…
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6th June 2011
Art

And now a word from our head poet

You may not know it, but last week  Milton Keynes got its very own Poet Laureate. in the form of Mark Niel. We guess this makes him the new leader of all things poetic in the concrete city - but we couldn't  just take his word for it that he was ready for this important role in our lives so we asked  create some words about alternative life in Milton Keynes for Beatcheck. And you know what? He did. He may be a middle aged man from Pennyland who doesn't…
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2nd June 2011
Music

We need you to put the LA into MK

Get involved in King Underground's MC battle jam and help bring South Central to the concrete city Milton Keynes is not that different from South Central Los Angeles. That’s what we reckon anyway. There’s already a lot that our concrete wilderness has in common with the US West Coast’s notorious inner city sprawl. We’ve already got the dirty city streets, we've taken on the grid sysem, Jamfree is working on the street art and we have our own gangs (even if ours are made up of twelve year olds outside offie's shouting: "Oi…
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30th May 2011
ArtInterview

Jamfree: ‘Every surface of our city should be a work of art’

JamFree is a Milton Keynes-born-and-raised live graffiti performer, street artist, gallery exhibitor and all-round hairy bloke. We caught up with him to talk about his dark and distorted work that fills the blank canvas streets of our concrete city. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Jam Free. I’ve spent the last few years of my life painting pictures and putting up posters. It’s been a concerted effort to try and change my surroundings - hopefully for the better What does Milton Keynes offer to urban…
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26th May 2011